The Power He Knows Not - Muggle Style
By ChupacabraTamer
All characters belong to JKR. Thank you for letting us play in your sand box.
This takes place starting on the train ride at the end of GOF. Cannon divergent. New powers. Pissed off and powerful Harry. HP/HG
Warning: Some violence involving minors. If you don't want to read it please find something else to read. You can't read a HP story without there being some violence.
Also: These are 15-year-old teenagers with hormones and find each other interesting. Not condoning it as much as accepting it probably happened.
A/N:
Chapter 14 – Cleaning House - Hogwarts
Dobby looked alarmed for a moment and looking at Hermione saw her shaking her head yes. He nodded and took Harrys hand. "Deal"
"I'm going to finish eating and we all need to talk then I will deal with you." Harry said looking at Dobby sternly. Dobby tried to hide the smile on his face but wasn't successful as he popped away.
The rest of the table started chatting again with normal morning talk. Harry noticed a few looks from some of the table occupants. Hermione and Emma were nodded approvingly knowing he was helping his friend. Apolline and Fleur were a little wide eyed that Harry would almost threaten the little elf only to realize he was really helping Dobby feel better. The former military men knew what he was doing and approved. Fred and George were shaking their collective heads thinking 'only Harry'.
A couple of weeks later Harry was standing in the wallet waiting for the designated time. The dome was clear and he could see the street below. In the distance he could almost make out the highest peak of Hogwarts. Hermiones hand came up and rubbed Harrys back. "We are ready for this. Don't second guess yourself now." She could feel the tense muscles in his back relax a little.
"You're right. I know I'm over thinking things but this is huge. Hermione, what if someone gets hurt? What if." Harry tried to head down that rabbit hole again and Hermione stopped him with a kiss. Harry stopped for a moment and let her kiss him. When he started returning the kiss Hermione broke it off.
"Now. You get ready to get out there and be the super hero everyone needs. Remember what the difference is between a hero and a super hero?" She asked.
"Presentation." Harry said with a smile and a flourish of his right hand like a muggle magician. He remembered the discussion with the group about how to pull this off. When they came up with the idea of a Super Hero. If they pulled this off this would be the prank of the century. Hermione had teased Harry about getting him a spandex outfit completed with cape. This had Sirius and all the magicals in the group looking puzzled. While the non-magicals had a hard time containing their laughter. Hermione sent Dobby to get a few comic books from a store near by and the group passed them around making suggestions as to which colors and outfits, including capes, would look best. This had the entire table laughing at Harrys expense. He took it well but informed them that he would not be wearing spandex nor a cape. It still took some time after that until all the laughing and giggles finally died down.
Sirius and Clair came through the door from the other wallet. "You about ready Prongslet?" Clapping Harry on the shoulders a little too hard but Harry could tell that Sirius was looking forward to this. He was also holding back his fears.
"Hello Harry. Ready when you are." Clair said.
"How is our Super Hero doing today?" Sirius looked at Hermione.
"Ready to go." She replied.
"Ok you three. Ready?" Sirius said.
Harry, Hermione, and Clair nodded. She pulled his invisibility cloak over herself and her disembodied hand reached out and pulled the sniper rifle under the cloak. Her voice said "We'll make sure the important ones are bagged and cover your left." chuckling as he felt her squeeze his bum as she walked by.
"Cheeky minx." he said following her to the door.
Clair taped the end of Hermione gun and it disillusioned also as she did it to her self and her gun. She stepped out behind Hermione and took up position on the right side of the platform. Giving Harry a playful swap on the bum as she did. Chuckling at the indignation as she cleared the door.
"I get no respect" Harry mused. At which Sirius looked pointedly at Harrys bum. "Don't you dare." was Harrys reply.
They had setup a disillusioned shelf above Honeydukes. It was the perfect place to test their products in the real world and let people know he was back. He gave the girls two minutes to get ready to cover him. Harry adjusted his tie once more. He had decided on a three piece suit. When he mentioned that idea Fleur had dragged him to Paris and he ended up with an Armani suit, actually three of them. It fit him like a glove but it also was comfortable enough to move and if necessary fight in. They had tested this to be sure. It had felt sacrilegious rolling around on the ground in the expensive suit but they all agreed better to try avoiding stunners from friends than killing curses from DeathEaters.
Sirius stepped forward and gently slapped Harrys hands away. "Let me do that. I had to fix James tie at least a dozen times before their wedding. Come to think of it he was more nervous at his wedding than you are now. Now leave it alone and trust we've got your back. Go be the Super Hero we need." With that he gentle pushed Harry towards the door.
The door opened towards the back of the street so no one would see him until he stepped around the doorway and wanted to be seen. One last deep breath in and out and Harry stepped into view. He appeared to be floating a meter above the roof top of Honeydukes.
Harry stood for a couple of minutes unnoticed. That is the difference between normals and the military people Harry had been training with. He had tried this with William and Daniel and he was looking down the muzzle of two guns before he could even say 'hello'. He watched as the show began with a smile. There was a gong rang out letting people know something was happening.
Harry said to everyone in a low tone "showtime" pointing his wand at his throat "Sonorous. Good Evening England. Did you miss me?" Harrys voice boomed as he held his arms out and up demanding attention. Sirius timed the fireworks from Fred and George and after 'miss me' he set them off. They had been placed every meter on either side of the main road. They started at the far ends of the street and in pairs one of each side of the road they exploded spraying sparks and a cloud of smoke with a small bang. This continued as the pairs of fireworks went off leading to Harry atop Honeydukes. The last pair was louder and with more sparks. This also activated the protection pots that had been setup along the street.
There was a few screams with the first bang and people started emptying into the street to see what the commotion was all about. Harry had to hand it to his group. They did know what the masses would do when something like this happened. All the sheeple followed the first ones and soon the street was full of people following the sparks to the middle where Harry was waiting. They all leaned back a little with the massive ending but didn't leave.
Harry could see the entire Hogwarts staff had exited the Three Broomsticks and looking up at him suspended in mid air above everyones favorite candy store. Then there came a screech from a toad looking woman in blinding pink from head to toe. This was not a good look on a woman of her age. That must be the Umbridge woman he had read about. She was the one that was pushing in the paper to have Harry kissed and not by a pretty Gryffindor.
"Arrest him" she screeched at the top of her squeaky voice. Harry was surprised that a few windows didn't break or that every dog within a mile didn't start barking.
"Is that anyway to say welcome back to your savior. The boy-who-lived. Come on. I'm disappointed." Harrys voice boomed through the small city.
He watched as the Aurors in the crowd moved to get a clear shot. Obviously following the toads directions. Stunners flew towards him along with a few incarcerous. Nothing truly harmful. Harrys simple protego blocked them and he exaggeratedly shook his head. "Really? You think a simple stunner would get to the-boy-who-lived. I'm not the stupid-boy-who-lived." Harry goaded them.
The toad in pink stepped away from the group of professors and sent a sickly purple curse towards him. Not knowing what it was Harry stepped sideways and with his arms in the air pretended to be a bull fighter avoiding a thousand pound bulls horns. "That's more like it."
He turned back in time to see the pink toad vanish. Looking up he could see her plummeting from a hundred meters above her last position. The crowd moved aside so as not to be below her. Dumbledore pulled his wand and tried to summon Umbridge. That failed and he could only watch as she hit the ground. Not hard enough to knock her out. The crowd did get the pleasure of hearing her arm snap rather loudly before she vanished again and was seen flying towards the Three Broomsticks and hitting the side of the building with a resounding thud. As she fell down the side of the building two bullets were on the way to intercept her body. One hit her in the wand arm removing it from her body. The other missed. She vanished and wasn't seen again.
"Harry. This is not our way." Dumbledores sonorous enhanced voice could be heard everywhere.
"No. This is not your way. This is my way now. Anyone sending a lethal curse towards me or mine will be met with a greater response. I'm not fucking around anymore old man." Harrys voice boomed out.
Harry could hear the shock from the Hogwarts staff from his perch.
Clair whispered for Harry to hear. "That was an organ melting curse." Harry nodded.
"That was the organ melting curse Dumbledore. Or did you not recognize it? Funny how you let that one fly by. Does she have your complete faith too? Like some wanna be professor mostly death eater?" Harry taunted.
"Why you little shit." Harry heard from Snape and before Dumbledore could stop him Snape started "Sectum..."
Before he could finish there was a flash of red and he vanished leaving his right leg from the knee down behind.
A second later Dumbledore vanished before he could finish waving his wand. He had started to cast a curse at Harry and one of his angels had stopped him mid flourish. Dumbledore did find himself flopping through the air one hundred meters above. He looked like a butterfly in a hurricane with all his colorful robes flapping around him. Oranges, purples, and greens flashed till 20 feet above the ground he was teleported back to the top to fall again.
Before he got his bearings he vanished as he too joined the rest in the wallet prison. McGonagall and Flitwick had pulled their wands but hadn't sent any curses towards Harry yet. An eerie calm descended on the street as the stand off entered the silent phase. That was until Lucius and Draco moved from the back of the crowd. The sickly green killing curse left Lucius's wand as Draco sent the purple of the organ melting curse at his school rival. They obviously hadn't been paying attention to what had happened to Umbridge and they vanished too. They missed their curses being intercepted by a block of marble that Clair had transfigured in front of Harry.
They both found themselves one hundred meters in the air and falling. Tumbling as they fell it became obvious to everyone in on the street that Lucius liked to go commando. It was not a pretty sight especially when Draco had decided to follow in his fathers foot steps that warm day. They had been at a meeting with Professor Snape earlier that day to make arrangements for the coming year.
First Lucius hit the ground with a resounding thud as the once elegant man let out a very undignified scream. He had landed face first and broke his nose along with a few fingers. He vanished again and started the fall again from the top. Draco let out a scream as his leg snapped when he hit the ground. He vanished and when he next opened his eyes the side of the Three Broomsticks was fast approaching. He hit face first and felt his nose and side of his face break. He vanished after that into the wallet. Lucius's fate was to fly a couple of more times. The second crash into the ground he lost his wand and Harry summoned it. When Lucius hit the Three Broomsticks wall which left both arms broken as he tried to slow his impact he vanished into the wallet also.
All aggressive spells had ended and silence fell.
"Thank you for the warm welcome home." Harry said sarcastically to the crowd. McGonagall frowned at her Lions actions.
"Mr. Potter" she yelled "What happened to the people that vanished?"
"They will be returned after they answer a few questions." he said.
"You have no right to do that." she replied reaching for her wand that she had returned to her pocket. Flitwick stopped her hand before she could free her wand.
"It would seem Minerva that he does have the right to do just that. They all attempted to curse him. If you didn't notice the ones that sent dark curses at him were battered up rather nicely. Where as the ones just doing their jobs vanished without harm. It seems Mr. Potter has found a new way to teach people to not throw curses unless provoked."
Minerva considered his words for a moment.
"Mr. Potter. When will they be returned?" She asked calmly.
"As I said. When they answer a few questions to my satisfaction." he said. Tapping his foot his angels exited the platform. Harry bowed to the gathered crowd and exited the platform. To the crowd it looked like he just walked into an invisible door and was gone. The pots that the twins had setup in the alley vanished too.
Harry walked into the wallet and it vanished as he closed the door along with all evidence they have even been in Hogsmeade. They were back in the wallet in Gringotts vault.
"Is everyone ok?" Harry asked first time.
"We weren't the one getting killing curses thrown at them. Are you ok?" Hermione asked pulling him into a massive hug and running her hands over his body, checking for wounds.
"I'm fine Hermione. Thank you whoever conjured the marble." he said.
"Any time Harry." Clair said. This caused Hermione to open her arms and pull Clair into a bone crushing hug with Harry.
"Thank you Clair." Hermione said into the older girls hair as she started crying. "I will never get used to seeing you in the path of curses Harry."
"This is all well and good but we have a few guests to question." Sirius said.
They gathered around the meeting table in Harrys wallet and decide who to question first. Looking over the list of names it was hard to decide.
"Is there anyone in authority that we can question first? If they are not against us or at least if they are on the side of truth and justice we could use their help." William suggested.
"The two Aurors that we got were Scrimgeour and Dawlish. Scrimgeour is fair and was a good Auror. Dawlish is most likely a death eater." Sirius said "Scrimgeour is a senior Auror but I'm not sure if he is a Dumbledore man or not."
They looked down the list and realized this would be their only choice. Anyone else would most likely curse first. They all thought about this. Not sure if they wanted to place the outcome of all this on Scrimgeour.
"If Scrimgeour doesn't want to follow the law then we need to have a backup plan. William, can you make an official record of the questioning for us? Something that would stand up in France and maybe the ICW?" Harry asked.
"France and ICW definitely. The English have proven that corruption preempts the law so I doubt they would listen." He said.
"Our backup plan will be to deposit our guests in the ICW headquarters with official transcripts of their crimes." Harry asked "Including the Supreme Mugwump if he is guilty of any crimes worse than Jay walking?"
The table was in shock at that idea. Sirius was the first to respond. "Pup. You do realize that will open up England to a possible take over by the ICW?"
"Would that be a bad thing? The Wizengamot is rife with corruption which I think we will find out even more thanks to snagging Lucy. Why not get outside help?"
"I think Harry has the right idea. We need to think bigger if we are to win this and get everyone exonerated that should be." William said.
"So. Scrimgeour first. Depending on if he is willing to play ball with us we release him or we keep him until we release the others in the appropriate places." Harry said.
"So just to be clear. If he is clean and willing to help he gets provisionally released. No wand. If he doesn't want to help he goes back in stasis." Harry recapped his thoughts to the group.
They all agreed. Also agreed was that the entire group shouldn't do the questioning. Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and William were going to question Scrimgeour.
"No time like the present." said Harry but before they could leave the room Eliza entered from the jail wallet.
"How are our guests?" Harry asked sitting back down.
Eliza looked around at the group. "Most of them are just fine and in stasis. The one missing his leg will never get it back. I tried to use sklegrow but something in the wound is rejecting the growth."
"The greasy haired bat like one?" Harry asked to confirm.
"Yes. I'm sorry I tried." she said.
"No problems with that one. He's a professor and a death eater."
"I did notice we have a pair of blonds that resemble a family we know from France. Is that the case?" Eliza asked.
"Another Malfoy probably another death eater and his son. Neither contribute anything positive to society." Harry said.
"I left most of the painful but not life threatening injuries as they were. They will be in pain when they are revived." Eliza said. Harry could see that she was slightly uncomfortable with not curing everything she could but she also she realized anyone injured had tried to curse Harry.
"Thank you Eliza. I understand you are pushing your oath. Please do what you need to if your oath effects you at all." Harry offered.
"Thank you Harry. I'm actually ok with it. If I let them suffer a little I can believe I am preventing more innocents from being effected by their actions." She said.
"Anything we need to know before we have a talk with Scrimgeour?" Harry asked.
"No. You can interview anyone now. The stasis is activated for all cells so they won't know how long they have been here. I can treat anyone you think should be treated before you revive them. Do you need me here during the questioning?" Eliza asked.
"I don't think so. The worse that will happen is if someone breaches a vow. Is there anything you can do if that happens?"
"Nothing. Even if you put them in stasis immediately the vow will act on them as soon as they are revived." She said.
"Then if you need to be somewhere else feel free to go. You are also welcome to stay." Harry replied.
Eliza nodded at that and hugged Sirius and left via the wallet to France.
Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and William paused outside of Scrimgeours cell. His wand was hanging on the wall opposite the cell door. "Ready?" Harry asked. They all nodded and Harry reanimated Scrimgeour but left him locked in the cell and immobile. Harry also activated the truth rune.
"Where am I? Why can't I move? Sirius Black you are under arrest. Why have you kidnapped me?" Were the first few words out of his mouth. Harry stepped forward filling his view with only Harry.
"You are here because of your actions. You attempted to curse me." Harry said "You can't move because we need some answers. Also Sirius Black is innocent if you would pull your head out of your arse and do you job."
Harry could see the man attempting to move. He could see the muscles in his arms and legs straining against the field.
"Try all you want. We tested this against a werwolf fully transformed and all he could do was growl at us. But please get it out of your system so we can continue." Harry stepped back as the restrained man struggled. Finally he gave up and tried to summon anything he found his wandless magic was as absent as his wand. After that failed the group could see all his muscles relax and submit.
"You do realize that this is considered kidnapping and when I'm released I will be required to arrest all of you. Now what do I have to do to get out of here?"
"Good. Now that is out of the way some ground rules. You will tell the truth to any and all questions put to you and you will elaborate where more information should be passed on." Harry said.
"Consider this as a briefing given to a superior. Do you understand?" Sirius said.
"I'm not going to tell a convicted felon anything that might be useful to him."
"He was never convicted. He was never questioned under Veritaserum. I have seen his memories of that night. I have also seen the memories of Harry Potter and they corroborate Mr. Blacks innocences as Peter Petigrew is still alone. He can't be guilty of killing someone that is alive." William added. "Just so you realize I am William Delacour head of the French magical Gendarmerie."
This got Scrimgeours attention. "That would be fine if we were in France. We are not."
Harry and Sirius laughed at that statement.
"What's so funny?"
"This" Harry waved is hand around "Is neither England nor France. The governing body of this location has granted us carte blanch immunity while we are here. You do know what that means for you don't you?"
Scrimgeour paled and only nodded. He knew that as of right now legally he was over a barrel over the tallest waterfall and these four held the rope.
"What do you want?" he asked with resignation.
"To our knowledge you are an honorable officer of the DMLE. If we still believe that when our questioning is completed there will be two options available to you. That will come later. Suffice it to say I do not see an outcome where you end up in jail for life. Now you are in a cell that will require you to answer questions truthfully. Even if you try not to the answer will come out. I'm giving you this opportunity to let me know of any vows that would take your magic and/or your life." Sirius said.
Scrimgeour thought for a full minute. "I have no vow that I'm aware of that would take my magic or life. I could be divulging state secrets which would constitute treason if discovered."
Harry looked at William. William replied after thinking a moment. "This is standard oath for any government police type. Please inform us of those items so we can flag them in the transcript as secret to only us."
Scrimgeour nodded. "Thank you."
"Are you a death eater?" "No"
"Do you sympathize with the death eaters and or Voldermort?" "No"
"Do you know of any death eaters in the ministry?" "Yes. They claimed to be under the imperious."
"Do you believe the imperious defense?" "I'm not sure. Personally it seems fishy"
"What would it take for you to decide on the imperious defense?" "Questioning them under
Veritaserum"
"Why hasn't that happened?" "They are pure bloods or protected by a pure blood."
"If you had the chance to question a death eater under Veritaserum would you like to be present?" "Yes"
"Do you believe the Minister that Harry Potter and Dumbledore are lying about Voldermort?" "No"
Surprised at that answer Harry pressed.
"Why?" "The Minister seems to be using his position for his own gain and those of his friends."
"Which friends?" "Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle. Mainly. There are others. Look at the list of imperioused death eaters and those are his friends. I believe as do a few others that a lot of money or favors are passing hands there. Just stating that could get me fired and brought up on sedition charges."
"So you don't trust the Minister and his friends group to have the best interest of the magical country?" "No. They favor legislation that lines their pockets. Nothing that can be proven but if you look hard enough you can find it."
"If I release you will you join us in questioning a death eater and not try to escape or over power any of us?" "I'm not sure I can agree to that. It would depend on who I get to question. I will say that I will not attempt to over power any of you nor harm you in any way. It is in my best interest to attempt to escape."
"How about Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape? Will you give us your word that you will join us and return to your cell if we request it? I give you my word based on what we have heard here." Harry waved at the transcript and looked a the three with him. They all nodded. "And we all agree. You will be set free and on English soil. You will not attempt to arrest nor prosecute the person who returns you. Ah. You will be free to ask any questions you would like of the death eaters."
"Any questions I want to ask?" Scrimgeour asked.
"Any. I will also provide you with a copy of the transcripts that are legally signed by you and me to take with you." William said.
Scrimgeour thought for a moment when Hermione stepped to the front. "We are offering you an olive branch. We are attempting to save not only ourselves but England from the clutches of the death eaters and Voldermort. You can be the avenging angel of the magical world. I'm a muggle born and I'm just below Harry here on their hit list. We will do anything to survive this conflict. I'm sorry it's come to this that we would detain you and force compliance but we are at war. No one seems to understand that except the other side. Complacency will get us all killed. Please accept this offer."
"I will not descend into vigilantism."
"Not what I'm suggesting. However, how do you think the Wizengamot would act without Fudge and his friends? What would the DMLE be capable of accomplishing without the corruption with the ministry. No we are not vigilantes. We are freedom fighters and until our last breath we will fight for our freedom and yours."
"Then based on that I agree. I will even allow you to restrain my hands and keep my wand as a show of good faith." The older man offered.
Hermione looked to the three others and they all nodded. She pressed the correct runes and the cell was open. Scrimgeour turned around so they could bind his hands behind him.
Sirius gently turned the man around. "As a show of good faith we won't bind you and here is another."
Sirius stepped into the cell and nodded to Hermione. She locked the cell and turned on the Veritaserum rune.
"Lord Black as agreed to allow you to ask any questions regarding Voldermort and the Potters."
Scrimgeour spent twenty minutes questioning Sirius. He even asked questions that only an Auror would know and he answered them correctly. He nodded to Hermione and she released Sirius. Scrimgeour offered Sirius his hand.
"My apologies Lord Black. I will do everything in my power to see that your name is cleared when I return. Now let's go have a conversation with your death eaters.